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06-Sep-2026

Destroyed tree

We had seen this fallen tree, located about a block from our house, earlier but stopped for a closer look when we saw neighbors working to clear some of the branches from the street to allow for parking. They live in the next house over on the left and actually saw the tree fall during the violent thunderstorm on Thursday night; luckily it missed their two cars, which were parked in the open space right next to the tree.

One of them told me that they had complained to the city about the tree being unhealthy and that an arborist had come to examine it a few years ago, declaring that it was fine, which it clearly wasn’t since it’s now obvious that the trunk was hollow. The branches, which smashed a lamppost during its fall, extend to the stairs of the church on the right of the picture.

The end of a Porsche, posted earlier:

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Jola Dziubinska07-Sep-2026 16:51
What a disaster in your streets. Well documented. V.
Julie Oldfield07-Sep-2026 16:05
It could have killed somebody! It’s sad it crashed like that. V
Denise J T Lee07-Sep-2026 15:23
It's sad to realize a tall and majestic tree can be so brittle and fragile. ~VVVVV++~
Nestor Derkach07-Sep-2026 15:16
This is a fairly large tree that the storm took down glad the cars were not damaged but the clean up not an easy one.
Excellent photograph Helen.
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Marcia Rules07-Sep-2026 13:29
Hate to see a regal tree end like this! VVV~
joseantonio07-Sep-2026 13:14
impressive document.V
Gerard KOEHL07-Sep-2026 12:55
C'est impressionnant, vous avez eu un très grosse tempête. V
Jeff Real07-Sep-2026 12:48
A powerful documentary image!
The power of nature is fearfully awesome!
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